Mengel Family History
- Mengel Name Meaning
- German: occupational name for a market trader or stallholder, from Middle High German menglære, a variant of mengære (see Menger). This surname is also established in Poland. Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Meinger, derived from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements magin ‘strength’ + gar , ger ‘spear’; or a pet form of the personal name Mangold. Dutch: possibly an occupational nickname, from Middle Dutch mengel, mingel, a liquid measure equal to 2 pints.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 106,494 Historical Documents with Mengel on Ancestry
- 40,233 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 13,610 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,334 Military Records
- 2,010 Immigration Records
- 47,307 Member Trees
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Number of Mengel families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- Confederate
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- Union
- 29
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